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Forum: Private Flying

27th Jun 2020, 15:57

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Spinning advice from 1936

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Posted By Geriaviator

See the airflow over a stalled wing HERE'S a...

See the airflow over a stalled wing

HERE'S a museum piece which may help today's students who may not have experienced much slow flight: this film was shot in 8mm cine almost 40 yrs ago,...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Jun 2020, 15:05

Replies: 38

Spinning advice from 1936

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Posted By Geriaviator

Agreed, but not from 400ft it won't, which was...

Agreed, but not from 400ft it won't, which was the estimated height from which the 152 was doing photography. I'm well past it now but I still think the benefit of spin training is to raise the...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Jun 2020, 11:56

Replies: 38

Spinning advice from 1936

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Posted By Geriaviator

Fl1ingfrog wrote: Too true! I found my...

Fl1ingfrog wrote:

Too true! I found my first spin a high adrenaline moment even with a highly experienced ex-CFS instructor beside me (Victa Airtourer, 1965). Of course I knew what was coming...

Forum: Private Flying

21st Jun 2020, 10:22

Replies: 38

Spinning advice from 1936

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Posted By Geriaviator

The Chippy's venerable ancestor the Tiger Moth...

The Chippy's venerable ancestor the Tiger Moth had spin strakes added for the same reason, I think it was before it entered RAF service. I vaguely remember that one European country didn't require...

Forum: Private Flying

20th Jun 2020, 17:19

Replies: 38

Spinning advice from 1936

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Posted By Geriaviator

Spinning advice from 1936

One of our former contributors on the Brevet (https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/329990-gaining-r-f-pilots-brevet-ww-ii-638.html#post10815438)thread which once enthralled so many Pruners filed...

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